Alex de Minaur has admitted to feeling ‘burnt out’ after his French Open loss to Alexander Bublik, calling for a shorter tennis season.

The ninth seed looked in command during his second-round match at the Parisian Grand Slam, but ultimately fell to the unpredictable Kazakh 2-6, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-2.

De Minaur’s loss will be particularly painful, given that the Australian has had a successful clay-court season – reaching a first Masters 1000 semi-final on the surface in Monte Carlo.

“There’s no excuse for today, myself, I need to look at myself in the mirror and find out the reasoning,” said De Minaur, during his post-match press conference.

“One of those matches that just slip away, without a whole lot of meaning.

“I’m just tired, tired mentally, I’m a little bit burned out if anything

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